N.Y. Superstorm Sandy Judge Rejects Insurer’s Request for Information on Pre-Existing Property Damage

N.Y. Superstorm Sandy Judge Rejects Insurer’s Request for Information on Pre-Existing Property Damage

NEW YORK — A New York judge has denied a motion to compel discovery of evidence related to a claim for Superstorm Sandy flood damage after an insurer argued that the information was vital to its contention that a portion of the plaintiffs’ claimed loss pre-dated the storm.

U.S. Magistrate Judge A. Kathleen Tomlinson rejected Stillwater Property and Casualty Insurance Co.’s motion in an April 16 order, determining that the request went outside the scope of disclosures mandated by a discovery order entered recently in hundreds of …